Plymouth classics last weekend brought together the usual collection of beards and fishy-tops, but also a 13 year old Pooduck Skiff. The owner, John, was kind enough to let me photograph her from every angle and crew for him in the Sunday race. Was slightly worried I'd get in and …
Not quite a boat yet but at least one of them reminds you of a boats
shape (sort of). Two hours of planing to get the frame down to the right
thickness but it has come up great.
Word of warning though - don't trust your plan patterns to be symmetrical …
The plans suggest that the stems should be laminated as well, though after the fun of the full frame I was not looking forward to that prospect. Yanky book to the rescue again as it suggests that a sawn solid inner stem is plenty strong enough so I went for …
The boat only requires one full frame, and having just finished laminating it I'm glad no more are called for. Lacking a bandsaw I had to resort to the table saw to rip the strips, not the ideal tool for 1/8th inch strips and half my stock is now …
Unfortunately I could neither afford or house a shed large enough to actually build the boat in so I decided on a 10'x6' model and assembled it over the winter. Having got the inside set up and organised I am finding it quite usable as long as I keep it …